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. Patented July 4, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOSEPH L. HAYDEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,743, dated July 4,1893.

Application filed June 29, 1892. Serial No. 438,474. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH L. HAYDEN, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sealing Devices for Cars and other Purposes, of whichthe following, taken in. connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive carseal, capable of being readily locked beyond the possibility of anyundetected tampering, and at the same time doing away with the heavy andcumbersome presses necessary to close and emboss the lead sealsnow'generally in use. I accomplish this by'the use of the devices hereinfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan view of the sealing strip or shackle; Fig. 2, a sideview of the same, showing the manner in which it is used; Fig. 3, a planview of the sealing strip and seal; Fig. 4, a detail in perspective ofthe spring disk and shank used in the seal; Fig. 5, an enlarged sideview of the seal and shank, partiallyin cross-section on the line X,Fig.3; Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show different methods of construction andarrangement of the various parts, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of aportion of a car door, showing the hasp and staple, and the manner ofapplying my seal to the same.

Referring to the drawings: 1 is a sealing strip or shackle, preferablyconstructed of thin sheet metal, andhaving a hole, 2, near each endthereof 5 this strip is to be bent upon itself to form a loop, and tobring the holes, 2, to coincide with each other, as shown in Fig. 2.Through these holes is passed the shank 9, of the spring seal, 3, thussecuring the ends of the shackle together.

The construction of the spring seal is clearly shown in Fig. 5. It iscomposed of two shells of metal fastened together at their edges bycrimping the edge of one shell over the edge of the other, a well knownoperation. Fitting into the space between the two shells is the sheetmetal disk 5, preferably made of sheet steel, said disk having near itscenter a circular opening, 6, and radiating from this opening are slits,7, extending from the opening nearly to the periphery of the disk.

The shank, 9 of the seal, has at one end a head et, considerably largerthan the holes 2 in the strip 1. At the other end of theshank is agroove forming an abrupt shoulder, the sides of the groove being beveledtoward the head of the shank. \Vhen the shank enters the seal, the endof the shank forces out the segments of the disk 5 formed by the radialslits 7, and these segments passing under the abrupt shoulder on theshank will render it impossible to withdraw the said shank from theseal, and when the shank has been. passed through the holes in thesealing strip 1, after looping said strip through the hasp and staple ofa car door, as shown in Fig. 9, and the seal forced onto said shank, itwill be impossible to open the cardoor without mutilating either theseal or shackle.

One great advantage of my seal is that it does away entirely with theheavy and cumbersome press necessary for sealing the lead seals now ingeneral use, as this seal can be attached by any one without the use ofany tools whatever, it being so constructed that the simple pressure ofthe thumb and finger is all that is necessary to snap the seal onto theshank.

The name of the person or company using these seals may be stamped onthe shackle and on the seal, as well as the number of each seal as isshown in Figs. 1 and 3, thereby furnishing ready means foridentification and for keeping a record of the location and use of eachseal.

1 do not claim this device for the exclusive purpose of sealing cars, asit is apparentthat it may be used in any connection where such a seal isdesired. Nor do I limit myself to the particular construction justdescribed, as, for example, in place of the shackle shown in Fig. 1, Imay use a wire, Fig. 6, the ends of said Wire being bent to form tworings or loops, the joints 10, between the ends and body of the wirebeing welded, or otherwise permanently secured in position. Or, I mayfasten oneend of the shackle permanently to the seal, as is shown inFig. 7, or one end may be permanently fastened to the shank, as is shownin Fig. 8, either of the latter methods of construction making thedevice in two parts instead of three.

Having thus described my invention, what ent of the United States, is

The combination, with the hasp and staple or similar means for fasteninga car door, 'of a strip of metal bent upon itself provided with rivetopenings near each of its ends, and the pin 9 one end of which isprovided with a head, the other end having a shoulder and being adaptedto pass through said rivet holes into the central opening of themetallic shell 14 and engage with the tongues or segments of disk 5 insuch manner that said segments will be forced out and caused to passunder the shoulder of said pin thereby preventing its withdrawal; themetallic shells l3 and 14:, metallic disk 5 having tongues or segments,inclosed in the space between said shells, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 6th day of June, A. D.1892.

JOSEPH L. HAYDEN. Witnesses? FRANK I. HOWE, MELVIN L. SEVERY.

